1/4 “White Noise,” The Atlantic’s first feature documentary, is the definitive inside story of the alt-right, following Richard Spencer, Lauren Southern, and Mike Cernovich as they ride a wave of racist ideas to viral fame.
2/4 To make the film, the director @DanielLombroso spent four years reporting on the alt-right. “I wanted to understand: What made white-power ideology so intoxicating, especially among my generation?” he wrote in June. on.theatln.tc/eX66m5i
3/4 Lombroso also explored those ideas in a profile of Lauren Southern, who had been one of YouTube’s most effective extremists—an alt-right propagandist masqueraded as a run-of-the-mill influencer—before she disappeared from the community. on.theatln.tc/CbPLO39
4/4 To learn more about the danger of the alt-right and the process of making the film, read @JeffreyGoldberg’s interview with Lombroso and the executive producer Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg: on.theatln.tc/DWKCb19
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1/ Today The Atlantic is endorsing Joe Biden for president.
Our case is simple: “Two men are running for president. One is a terrible man; the other is a decent man. Vote for the decent man.” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
2/ In 1860, The Atlantic endorsed Abraham Lincoln. In 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson. And in 2016, at another turning point in history, we endorsed Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump.
3/ What we have learned since we endorsed Clinton is that we understated our case against Trump. He is the worst president this country has seen since Andrew Johnson, or perhaps James Buchanan, or perhaps ever.
1/ As the coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 206,000 Americans, Donald Trump has spent months undermining faith in the democratic process and vacillating on proven public-health policies, @AlexisMadrigal and @yayitsrob write: theatlantic.com/health/archive…
2/ The president’s entourage has operated with a casual disregard for coronavirus protocol throughout the pandemic, but the first sign that Trump himself had direct exposure to the virus came Thursday, when Hope Hicks, a close adviser, tested positive. theatlantic.com/health/archive…
3/ Trump tweeted early Friday morning that he and the first lady had tested positive for COVID-19 and would quarantine at the White House. theatlantic.com/health/archive…
1/6 The Supreme Court decided that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional—but it was thousands of children who actually desegregated America’s classrooms, writes @beccarosen. Here are five of their stories. Introducing #TheFirsts: theatlantic.com/education/arch…
2/6 Hugh Price and his family fought for him to be one of the first Black students at an all-white high school in Washington, D.C. Once he was there, he “couldn’t wait for it to be over,” @AdamHSays reports. theatlantic.com/education/arch…
3/6 Jo Ann Allen Boyce and 11 other students desegregated their high school in Clinton, Tennessee. Then the riots came, @AdamHSays writes. theatlantic.com/education/arch…
1/9 “Trump may win or lose, but he will never concede.” The worst case is not that Trump rejects the November election results, but that he uses his power to prevent a decisive outcome against him, @bartongellman reports in our latest cover story. on.theatln.tc/pb7jnqh
2/9 The danger goes beyond partisan discord. “The coronavirus pandemic, a reckless incumbent, a deluge of mail-in ballots, a vandalized Postal Service, a resurgent effort to suppress votes, and a trainload of lawsuits are bearing down on the nation’s creaky electoral machinery.”
3/9 One scenario worrying election modelers is that Trump will jump ahead on November 3, based on in-person returns, and his lead will slowly give way to a Joe Biden victory as mail-in votes are tabulated.
1/6 In our “On Teaching” project, the most experienced teachers in America’s education system reflect on their careers, their schools, and the history they’ve witnessed.
2/6 Since Booker T. Washington High School was founded in 1976, it's been a microcosm of national issues—and Karon Cogdill has taught theater through four decades of its evolution. Now the pandemic is upending her last year, writes @smosle: on.theatln.tc/2m0osHR
3/6 "Gardens don’t judge what grade you got in math. They respond to care." The New Orleans teacher Rahn Broady shows kids the nourishment they can get from being in nature, writes @djdreilinger: on.theatln.tc/xACLLxQ
1/ President Trump, who never served in the military, canceled a 2018 visit to a cemetery where American troops are buried, saying: “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
3/ When Senator John McCain died in August 2018, Trump reportedly told his senior staff, “We’re not going to support that loser’s funeral.” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…